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(43) Date of publication: 02.08.2023 Bulletin 2023/31 (21) Application number: 21799405.2 (22) Date of filing: 24.09.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 34/00(2016.01) A61B 17/32(2006.01) B23B 31/22(2006.01) A61B 17/16(2006.01) B23B 31/107(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 2017/00477; A61B 34/70; A61B 17/162; A61B 17/32002; B23B 31/22; B23B 2270/14; B23B 31/1071; A61B 17/1622 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/051992 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/067066 (31.03.2022 Gazette 2022/13)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 24.09.2020 US 202063082514 P (71) Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp. Weston, FL 33331 (US)	(72) Inventors: BOYER, Jonathan P. Galesburg, MI 49053-8769 (US) FLATT, James E. Kalamazoo, MI 49001-6139 (US) (74) Representative: Röthinger, Rainer  Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)